MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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